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=== History === | === History === | ||
1850 THE START IN PARMA: Simonazzi Workshops, specialised in mechanical farm equipment, is founded in Parma, Italy by Pompeo Simonazzi, an entrepreneurial blacksmith and iron worker who sees an opportunity to offer his skills to local farmers | 1850 THE START IN PARMA: Simonazzi Workshops, specialised in mechanical farm equipment, is founded in Parma, Italy by Pompeo Simonazzi, an entrepreneurial blacksmith and iron worker who sees an opportunity to offer his skills to local farmers | ||
1910 BEVERAGES: The Simonazzi company starts manufacturing equipment for processing preserves and dairy products | 1910 BEVERAGES: The Simonazzi company starts manufacturing equipment for processing preserves and dairy products | ||
1930s FILLING: Simonazzi launches its first dosing units for canning preserves and its first equipment for wine cellars | 1930s FILLING: Simonazzi launches its first dosing units for canning preserves and its first equipment for wine cellars | ||
1940s Manufacturing begins for small machines to bottle wine | 1940s Manufacturing begins for small machines to bottle wine | ||
1950s Simonazzi's bottling activities are extended to include other liquid foods such as beer, mineral water, soft drinks, fruit juices, spirits, oils and vinegars | 1950s Simonazzi's bottling activities are extended to include other liquid foods such as beer, mineral water, soft drinks, fruit juices, spirits, oils and vinegars | ||
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1962 BLOWING: The Lightweight Packages division develops the first plastic bottles for oil products, using polyvinyl chloride (PVC) | 1962 BLOWING: The Lightweight Packages division develops the first plastic bottles for oil products, using polyvinyl chloride (PVC) | ||
1965 SIDEL IS FOUNDED IN LE HAVRE | 1965 SIDEL IS FOUNDED IN LE HAVRE: Sidel is founded in Le Havre by Georges Lesieur et ses Fils, evolving from the Lesieur Group's former Lightweight Packages division. The company's name is an acronym resulting from the original French title 'Société Industrielle Des Emballages Légers, or 'Industrial Company of Light Packaging' | ||
1970s COMPLETE LINES | 1970s COMPLETE LINES: Simonazzi produces its first Eurostar filler for beverages, complementing its full portfolio of equipment for complete lines capable of high output speeds of water, carbonated soft drinks and beer | ||
1972 Sidel becomes fully owned by the Saint-Gobain-Point-a-Mousson Group, which had until now shared ownership with the Lesieur Group | 1972 Sidel becomes fully owned by the Saint-Gobain-Point-a-Mousson Group, which had until now shared ownership with the Lesieur Group | ||
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1984 The world's fastest beverage production line achieves 15,000 bottles per hour with an SBO 24 | 1984 The world's fastest beverage production line achieves 15,000 bottles per hour with an SBO 24 | ||
1985 FIRST PET BOTTLE FOR STILL WATER | 1985 FIRST PET BOTTLE FOR STILL WATER: Sidel develops the first-ever PET bottle for still water | ||
1986 HOT FILL: Sidel invents heat-resistant (HR) technology for the packaging of juices, isotonics and teas for the first time in hotfill and pasteurisable PET bottles | |||
1986 HOT FILL | |||
1987 An employee buy-out sees Sidel become fully independent | 1987 An employee buy-out sees Sidel become fully independent | ||
1989 BLOWING | 1989 BLOWING: The world's fastest blower, a Sidel SBO 40 producing 36,000 bottles per hour, crosses the Atlantic to run in a US customer's plant. Sidel also starts exploring the filling of packages, with the takeover of Etablissements Ronchard, a small French company that designs and builds filling machines for all kinds of liquids. In the same year Alfa launches its high-speed labelling machines. | ||
1990 Simonazzi acquires various companies including labeller-manufacturer Alfa and its manufacturing facilities in Mantova, Italy | 1990 Simonazzi acquires various companies including labeller-manufacturer Alfa and its manufacturing facilities in Mantova, Italy | ||
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1994 Sidel introduces its preferential heating process, which enables the production of complex shapes and 'flat' PET bottles for home and personal care products | 1994 Sidel introduces its preferential heating process, which enables the production of complex shapes and 'flat' PET bottles for home and personal care products | ||
1995 BLOWING | 1995 BLOWING: Sidel installs a SBO 48/38 Series1 blower equipped with dual-cavity moulds, capable of producing 50,000 bottles per hour. The company also purchases Hema Technologies, another French manufacturer of filling machines | ||
1996 END OF LINE CAPABILITIES FOR COMPLETE LINE SOLUTIONS: Sidel acquires filling and packing company Remy and Cermex, a company specialising in end-of-line packing and palletisation, to strengthen its complete line capabilities. | |||
1997 COMBI: Sidel introduces the world's first integrated blow-fill-cap solution, the Sidel Combi, to beverage producers globally, initially for still water. This follows the purchase in the same year of Alsim, a Parma-based Italian manufacturer of filling machines, and Gebo, a global specialist in line design, integration and conveyors, to further strengthen its complete line expertise. At the same time, Simonazzi introduces the Rollquattro, an advanced, high-speed labelling machine for PET containers, with output rates of up to 60,000bph | |||
1998 Sidel launches its second generation of blowers, the SBO Series 2, with an increased output of 1,400 bottles per mould. The company also introduces the first Combi equipped with preform decontamination technology called Disis | 1998 Sidel launches its second generation of blowers, the SBO Series 2, with an increased output of 1,400 bottles per mould. The company also introduces the first Combi equipped with preform decontamination technology called Disis | ||
1999 Sidel introduces its proprietary Actis (amorphous coating treatment for internal surfaces) technology for improved PET gas barrier properties resulting in extended bottle shelf-life | 1999 Sidel introduces its proprietary Actis (amorphous coating treatment for internal surfaces) technology for improved PET gas barrier properties resulting in extended bottle shelf-life | ||
2002 FIRST PET BOTTLE FOR MILK | 2002 FIRST PET BOTTLE FOR MILK: The first PET bottle for UHT milk is produced on a Sidel aseptic Combi Disis | ||
2003 TETRA LAVAL | 2003 TETRA LAVAL: Sidel joins the Tetra Laval Group, becoming one of its three main industrial groups, along with Tetra Pak and De Laval | ||
Sidel sells its first blower for packages made with polypropylene (PP), for pharmaceuticals products | |||
2004 The first high-speed Combi is installed, producing 42,000 bottles per hour | 2004 The first high-speed Combi is installed, producing 42,000 bottles per hour | ||
2005 SIMONAZZI MERGER | 2005 SIMONAZZI MERGER: Simonazzi joins the Tetra Laval Group and merges with Sidel to create a company capable of providing complete liquid-packaging solutions for the beverage industry worldwide. The newly enlarged Sidel launches its third generation of blowers, the SBO Universal, capable of producing 1,800 bottles per mould per hour, and also its new no-contact flow-meter fillers for water (FMw) and for milk and liquid dairy products (FMm) | ||
Sidel launches Capdis, a dry decontamination system for caps which, like Predis for preforms, uses no water and minimal chemicals. In the same year Sidel introduces NoBottle, the then lightest PET bottle for still water in the world, weighing just 9.9 grams for 0.5 litres | 2006 PREDIS: Sidel launches Predis, a unique dry preform decontamination system which uses no water and minimal chemicals; its Rollquattro Evolution labelling machine; and the SBO 34 Highspeed, which becomes the fastest blower for small formats producing 61,200 bottles per hour | ||
2007 CAPDIS: Sidel launches Capdis, a dry decontamination system for caps which, like Predis for preforms, uses no water and minimal chemicals. In the same year Sidel introduces NoBottle, the then lightest PET bottle for still water in the world, weighing just 9.9 grams for 0.5 litres | |||
2008 BEIJING | 2008 BEIJING: Sidel introduces the aseptic flow-meter filler Sensofill FMa for sensitive products and opens its manufacturing plant in Beijing, capable of producing blowers, fillers, labellers and Combis | ||
The first PET bottle without aluminium foil for UHT milk is bottled aseptically using a Sidel Combi Predis FMa. Sidel also launches the SL 90 labelling machine, a high-speed rotary labeller designed for self-adhesive and cold-glued labels | 2009 PET FOR UHT: The first PET bottle without aluminium foil for UHT milk is bottled aseptically using a Sidel Combi Predis FMa. Sidel also launches the SL 90 labelling machine, a high-speed rotary labeller designed for self-adhesive and cold-glued labels | ||
2010 SWITZERLAND HEADQUARTERS: Sidel relocates its headquarters from France to Switzerland, where the Tetra Laval Group and group sister company Tetra Pak are already headquartered | |||
2010 Sidel launches its Rollsleeve labeller, a combination self-manufacturing shrink-sleeve and hot-melt rollfed machine | 2010 Sidel launches its Rollsleeve labeller, a combination self-manufacturing shrink-sleeve and hot-melt rollfed machine | ||
2011 | 2011 Sidel launches a new corporate identity, promising to give its customers 'A Better Match', the tailored solution that caters precisely to their needs. In the same year, the world's fastest beverage production line achieves 72,000bph with Sidel equipment | ||
2013 SIDEL MATRIX AND RIGHTWEIGHT | 2013 SIDEL MATRIX AND RIGHTWEIGHT: Sidel Matrix, a modular liquid-packaging system comprising blowers, fillers, Combis and labellers for complete line solutions, is launched. Sidel also launches the RightWeight concept bottle for still water (7.95g for a 0.5l bottle with a 30kg top-load). Gebo Cermex is created as a group subsidiary. | ||
2014 | 2014 The world's fastest beverage production line achieves 134,000bph for water with Sidel Matrix equipment. | ||
Sidel launches its new Sidel Services business unit | |||
2015 First ever Sidel PET line for milk in Brazil: Jussara differentiated its brand on the shelves by packaging milk in PET. | |||